Elush-closet tank



x. A. EGAN. FLUSH CLOSET TANK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. I918.

Patented Dec. 23,1919.

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JAMES A; EGAN, OF EAST ONONDAGA, NEW YORK.

FLUSH-CLOSET TANK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed March 23, 1918. Serial No. 224,18?

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, Janus A. EGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Onondaga, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a c i ain new and useful Flush-Closet Tank, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flush closet tanks of the type described in my Patent No. 1,265,890, dated May 14, 1918, having a normally balanced capsizable bucket, and has for its object means for capsizing the bucket upon movement of the operating member in either direction from its normal position; and the invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

lln describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views. a

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away of closet tank embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section of parts seen in Fig. 1, the top of the flush tank being removed.

Fig. 355 a fragmentary View of the dischar e portion of the bucket and the operating means coacting therewith, the contiguone part of the tank being also shown.

This flush closet tank comprises gener-- ally, a receptacle or tank, a capsizable bucket located in the receptacle or tank and being normally mounted to stand in upright position and operating means coactinp; with the bucket to capsize the same or give the capsizing impulse thereto, said means being operable to capsize the bucket upon movement in either direction from its starting; position. it

1 designates the tank which may be of'any suitable form, size and construction, it having an opening 2 at its bottom through which the water is delivered to the closet. 3 is the capsizable bucket which is pivotel at 1- on a horizontal axis within the tank, the bucket being normally arranged to balance in upright position and having; a discharge portion or nozzle 5 arranged above and at one side of its axis 1 and farther in a radial line from the axis 4 than the outline of the major part of the body of the bucket so that the bucket is held from upsetting by its contents.

The bucket as here shown is cylindrical in generalform and pivoted at the axis of the cylindrical portion thereof and the dis charge portion or nozzle extends outside of the radius of the cylindrical portion of the body, and is located at one of the upper corners of the bucket, the bucket having a straight upper side extending along a core of the cylindrical portion of the body, and also a fiat peripheral side coinciding with the peripheral side or bottom of the spout or discharge portion, all as described in my pat-cut referred to.

9 is a partition or baliie plate located in the bucket between the body of the bucket and the discharge portion 5 to normally con fine the contents of the bucket within the body of the bucket so that the bucket is normally held from upsetting.

The baffle plate or partition is formed with an opening 10 at its lower end and is adjustable endwisely to regulate the size of the discharge opening and permit the water to flow therethrough to capsize the bucket. As here shown, the baflle plate or partition is formed with flanges 11 on opposite sides thereof which lap the inner faces of the bucket, these flanges having slots 12 therein through which fastening means as screws 13 extend. By loosening the screws the plate can be adjustable endwisely and the screws again tightened to hold the plate in its adjusted position.

The operating or capsizing means comprises a rockshaft 14L journaled in a suitable bearing 15 in the front wall of the tank 1, a handle 16 at the outer end of the shaft and a rock arm 17 at its inner end, the rock arm having an eccentric or crank pin 18 hearing on a cam surface 19 provided on the bucket, preferably on the eccentric or discharge portion thereof. The crank is pro "vided with a roller at its upper end which coacts with said surface, and the arm normally so standin that the roller 20 is lo cated centrally on the surface 19.

The central portion of the surfacel9 is of the same radius relativelv to the rock shaft 1 1 as the arm 17 or roller thereon and the end portions are of greater radius than said roller so that when the shaft 14 is rocked by the handle 16 in either direction the roller exerts a downward pressure upon the so centric or discharge portion 5 of the bucket and hence imparts a capsizing impulse thereto.

As soon as the bucket receives a capsizing impulse water therein runs from. the body of the bucket through the passage 10 in the partition and the weight thereof on the discharge portion 5 of the bucket completes the capsizm As here'shown, the cam surface v19 is provided on a bracket 21 suitably secured to the upper edge of the discharge portion 5.

In operation, when the handle 16 is moved to the left, Fig. 1, the rock arm 17 and roller 20 move to the right and impart the capsizing impulse to the bucket and when the handle thereof by a suitable feed pipe 22 having a shut off valve 23 therein controlled by float 24 in the bucket. The rod connected to the float and the valves moves into a slot 25in the baffle plate as the float 24 moves downwardly.

What I claim is 11;; flush closet tank comprising a receptacle or. tank having an outlet, a normally upright capsizable bucket located in the receptacle, th'ebuoket having a discharge portion arranged above and at one side of its axis and fartherfrom the axis in a radial line than the outline of the body of the bucket, and an operating member pivoted to the t; 1k and having a rock arm provided with a'pin, the bucket also having a cam surface, the middle portion of which is the same radial distance relatively to the axis of the operating member as the radial distance pin, and the end portlons of which are of greater radial distance relatively to the axis of the operating member than said pin, the pin norn'ially; bearing on the middle portion ofthe cani surface whereby movement ofjthe rock arm in either direction overturns the bucket, substantially as and for the purpose described;

2. Alfiush closet tank comprising a receptacle or tank having an outlet, a nore anally upright capsizable bucket located in the; receptacle, the bucket hav ng a discharge portionarranged above and at one'side of its axis and farther from the axis in a radial line than the outline of the body of 7 ;bucket, and an operating member for capsizin-gfthe bucket pivoted to the tank and ,liavi'ng' a rockar n provided with a pin, "Q he'dischargeportion of the bucket having a cam surface, the middle portion of which is the same radial distance relatively to the axis of the operating member as the said pin, and the end portions of which are of greater radial distance relatively to the center ofthe operating member than said pin, and the pin bearing on the middle portion of the cam surface, whereby movement of the rock arm in either direction overturns the bucket, substantially as and for the purpose Specified.

3. A capsizable bucket pivoted on a horizontal axis and arranged to normally balance in upright position, the bucket having a discharge opening arranged above and at one side of its axis and farther from the axis in a radial line than the outline of the body of the bucket, and a partition located between the discharge nozzle and the body to normally confine the contents within the body whereby the bucket is held from upsetting by its contents, the partition having an outlet passage between its inner end and the peripheral wall of the bucket, the partition being adjustable lengthwisely to vary the size of the discharge opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

A flush closet tank comprising a receptacle or tank having an outlet, a normally upright capsizable bucket located in the receptacle, the bucket having a discharge portion arranged above and at one side of its axis and farther from the bucket, a partition located between the body of the bucket and the discharge portion to normally confine the contents within the body of the bucket, the partition having an opening therethrough near its lower end, and a pivoted. operating member having a rock arm provided with a projection, the discharge portion of the bucket having a cam surface the middle portion of which is of the same radial distance relatively to the axis of the rock arm as the said projection and the opposite end portions of which are of greater radial'distance than said projection, the projection normally bearing on said middle portion of the cam surface and movable in either direction over said surface to impart an overturning impulse to the bucket, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of'New York, this 9th day of February, 1918.

JAMES A. EGAN. 

